coxcombical
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
28
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "The majority of these idlers were impudent-looking braggarts, who, with jaunty air and coxcombical show of superiority, endeavoured to enforce their own opinions, and to silence those of every one else."
- "Marlow is a coxcombical prig, that is the truth on't; and if a man will expose himself, why, he must even take what follows."
- "Of Wordsworth's demeanour and physical presence, De Quincey's account, silly, coxcombical, and vulgar, is the worst; Carlyle's, as might be expected from his magical gift of portraiture, is the best."
Etymology
Word Breakdown
Inflected Forms
more coxcombical (comparative)
most coxcombical (superlative)